عودة الحياة إلى طبيعتها في العاصمة البريطانية تبدأ قريباً. ولكن بغياب 270 ألف موظف الأحد - 1 ذو الحجة 1442 هـ - 11 يوليو 2021 مـ رقم العدد [ 15566] لندن: جوسلين إيليا
«يوم الحرية» (Freedom Day)، الاسم الذي أطلقه رئيس الوزراء البريطاني على التاسع من يوليو (تموز) الحالي، سيكون موعد البريطانيين مع عودة الحياة إلى طبيعتها، وإلى ما كانت عليه قبل جائحة كورونا.
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The Tower of London has been closed since the pandemic began. Photo Credit: Petr Kovalenkov/Shutterstock.com
LONDON (AP) The cobblestones are deserted at the Tower of London. A biting wind blows and there is no sign of life. Even the storied ravens are nowhere to be seen.
England s top paid attraction, which normally draws more than 3 million visitors a year, has been closed for all but a dozen weeks since the pandemic began and international tourism to London came to an almost-complete standstill.
The quiet has been surreal for Amanda Clark, one of the Tower s famous resident guards known as Yeoman Warders, or Beefeaters. The affable Clark, a retired sergeant major, lives for interacting with people: directing tourists, telling them stories, posing for their selfies. Before March 2020, she would have been doing that happily every day as crowds streamed into the attraction, also home to the Crown Jewels.
Cook dinner with Robert Carrier and you’ll need butter, cream, wine and quite a lot of cognac Jay Rayner © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Steve Lyne/Alamy
The late Robert Carrier loved butter. He loved butter the way small children love puppies. Early on in his masterpiece,
Great Dishes of the World, he writes: “To my mind there is nothing that quite replaces butter in cooking.” Then he gives margarine a fabulous eyeroll. He’s keen on cream, too. And brandy. Lots of brandy. His friends point out that Carrier was a restless soul, who moved with the times. In later years, they say, he lightened his recipes.